Market Trends & Consumer Behaviour
When Data Privacy Hits the Boardroom: What Every CEO Should Do Now Summary The article explains why data privacy is no longer just an IT or legal problem but a boardroom priority that directly affects executive pay, company valuation and customer trust. It opens with the example of Qantas cutting its CEO’s bonus after a […]
The world at work: Leading through new talent demands and the rise of AI Summary G‑P’s 2025 World at Work Report — summarised by Laura Maffucci — argues that HR must move from reaction to leadership as global disruption, talent scarcity and AI reshape workplaces. Two‑thirds of executives worry their organisations cannot cope with geopolitical, […]
Leading employers are shifting to skills-first hiring as AI reshapes workforce at breakneck speed – HR News Summary New research from the Top Employers Institute — Building a Skills-First Workforce — uses data from 2,300 organisations across 26 industries and 125 countries to show that employers moving to a skills-first model are seeing measurable business […]
Trump roils tech employers with new $100K H-1B visa fee Summary President Donald Trump issued a proclamation introducing a one‑time $100,000 charge on petitions for new H‑1B visas. The administration and USCIS framed the move as an initial step to reform the H‑1B programme and curb alleged abuses by IT firms. The proclamation prompted immediate […]
Louisiana Hands Meta a Tax Break and Power for Its Biggest Data Center Summary Louisiana regulators fast-tracked approval for three natural-gas turbines and a $550m transmission line to feed Meta’s planned 4-million-square-foot data centre in Richland Parish — a facility expected to need more than 2GW of power. Entergy Louisiana will operate the plants; Meta […]
Nada Shaheen on why large African companies will die if they ignore startups Summary GB Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Egypt’s GB Corp, led by Nada Shaheen. The group — with nearly a century in car manufacturing, financing and related services across multiple African and Middle Eastern markets — has begun using CVC […]
Safaricom just completed M-PESA’s biggest upgrade in a decade, but will partners plug in? Summary Safaricom has completed its largest M-PESA core migration since localising the platform a decade ago, finishing a three-hour cutover and restoring services early on Monday. The upgrade — dubbed Fintech 2.0 — moves M-PESA to a cloud-native, microservices architecture hosted […]
Australian broadcaster SBS makes gambling ad opt-out permanent Summary Australia’s public broadcaster SBS will permanently let viewers of its digital streaming service opt out of certain ad categories, including gambling. Following a 2024 trial that cut advertising-related complaints by 45%, the opt-out will be rolled out across SBS On Demand from 2026 as part of […]
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong Summary Wired examines a startling political realignment in Silicon Valley during 2024–2025: a once countercultural, left-leaning tech ecosystem has largely acquiesced to — or actively courted — the Trump administration to protect business interests. The piece follows Mark Lemley’s decision to fire Meta as a client […]
Meta and Samsung Surge as Apple Searches for Its AI Moment Summary Apple’s latest iPhone Air launch felt underwhelming — a sleeker handset but no breakthrough. The piece argues that hardware has largely plateaued and the next battleground is AI: natural language agents, context-aware features and deep OS-level intelligence. Competitors such as Meta and Samsung […]
